Attenuation and velocity of elastic waves in polycrystals with generally anisotropic grains: Analytic and numerical modeling.
Author(s)
Sha, G
Huang, M
Lowe, MJS
Rokhlin, SI
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Better understanding of elastic wave propagation in polycrystals has interest for applications in seismology and nondestructive material characterization. In this study, a second-order wave propagation (SOA) model that considers forward multiple scattering events is developed for macroscopically isotropic polycrystals with equiaxed grains of arbitrary anisotropy (triclinic). It predicts scattering-induced wave attenuation and dispersion of phase velocity. The SOA model implements the generalized two-point correlation (TPC) function, which relates to the actual numeric TPC of simulated microstructure. The analytical Rayleigh and stochastic asymptotes for both attenuation and phase velocity are derived for triclinic symmetry grains, which elucidate the effects of the elastic scattering factors and the generalized TPC in different frequency regimes. Also, the computationally efficient far field approximation attenuation model is obtained for this case; it shows good agreement with the SOA model in all frequency ranges. To assess the analytical models, a three-dimensional (3D) finite element (FE) model for triclinic polycrystals is developed and implemented on simulated 3D triclinic polycrystalline aggregates. Quantitative agreement is observed between the analytical and the FE simulations for both the attenuation and phase velocity. Also, the quasi-static velocities obtained from the SOA and FE models are in excellent agreement with the static self-consistent velocity.
Date Issued
2020-04-22
Date Acceptance
2020-03-26
Citation
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2020, 147 (4), pp.2442-2465
ISSN
0001-4966
Publisher
Acoustical Society of America
Start Page
2442
End Page
2465
Journal / Book Title
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Volume
147
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Acoustical Society of America.
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32359302
Grant Number
EP/L022125/1
Subjects
Acoustics
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-04-22